00:00My favorite thing about collaborating is really both artists bringing their taste to
00:05the music.
00:06Sir didn't come to my world.
00:07I didn't go to Sir's world.
00:08We met right in the middle.
00:09Who we are, what we stand for is right there in the song.
00:11So I think that's some of my favorite parts about collaborating.
00:14I said to be crazy?
00:15I said I'm happy to be on this motherfucker.
00:17We good.
00:18Straight.
00:25The creation of the song was really crazy, to be honest, because I was supposed to be
00:29asleep, but I decided to record this song instead.
00:31Something told me, God told me, hey, record this song.
00:35It means a lot.
00:36It came to me out of nowhere.
00:38I was just like, okay.
00:39When I met up with Sir in Miami and his team, it was probably the easiest session I've ever had.
00:43I'm just glad I showed up, because I was in the hotel room.
00:46It was like a late night session.
00:47I don't be doing late night nothing.
00:48I'll be at the crib.
00:49I'll be asleep by 930, man.
00:51When I heard the song, it was like the second one he played, and I knew immediately.
00:54I was like, yeah, you can play another one, but you know, don't care.
00:57He played like half of the other one.
00:58I was like, yeah, this cool and all, but this is it.
01:01Spin that back.
01:02I'm one of them cats where if I like something, I'm definitely going to give it my all.
01:04I'm proud of my work, man.
01:05I think I did my thing.
01:06It's beautiful.
01:07You know what I'm saying?
01:08It hits every time, man.
01:09Hey, the first time I heard that, I flipped out, bro.
01:15Man.
01:16It's special to be in a studio where you hear the music that you love, and then somebody
01:22asks you to get on a song.
01:23I'm like, man, you really want me to get on this shit?
01:24This shit?
01:25Man, I got blessed.
01:26I got blessed in this scenario, man.
01:27What?
01:28Man, no, we both blessed each other.
01:29I'm surrounded by a lot of beautiful, strong.
01:30Black people.
01:31I'm surrounded by a lot of beautiful, strong, Black people.
01:33I'm surrounded by a lot of beautiful, strong, Black people.
01:36And then I'm like, man, I'm like, man, you really want me to get on this shit?
01:39This shit?
01:40Man, I got blessed.
01:41I got blessed in this scenario, man.
01:42Man, no, we both blessed each other.
01:56I'm surrounded by a lot of beautiful, strong, Black and brown women.
02:01So I always wanted to make sure I shine light on that and give them something to be proud
02:06of, especially in Florida.
02:07Florida women specifically, just know I love you deeply.
02:10Brown sugar is just like, they sweet.
02:13The world makes them out to be tough and hard and mad and it's not true.
02:33By the way, he wrote that in five minutes.
02:35It was like 15, man, but still.
02:40I tell everybody when I hear something I like, there's nothing stopping me from writing 16.
02:45I've had my experience with some beautiful women in my days and I'm married to a beautiful
02:50woman.
02:51Amen.
02:52You know what I mean?
02:53Black woman.
02:54A certain level of respect that I always try to keep in my music for Black women.
02:59You know what I mean?
03:00Absolutely.
03:01In particular.
03:02I want to honor them however I can and show love in the spaces I can show love.
03:06And I think this verse was a great chance for me to run towards the queens, the brown sugar.
03:11They say the darker the berry, the sweeter the taste.
03:16Take a pit stop at your cherry.
03:17Ain't a drop that'll waste.
03:19They say results may vary when you're dealing with pain.
03:22But I'd rather let it burn than walk away from this flame.
03:27They say the darker the berry, the sweeter the taste.
03:29I think it was the blackest line I could come up with in the poetic space I had.
03:33And I definitely always try to pull from those spaces.
03:36Even the last line, because I'd rather let it burn than walk away from the flame.
03:40That's definitely a usher pull.
03:41Hip hop is a small space.
03:42R&B is a smaller space inside of hip hop.
03:44We have to show love where we can.
03:46I want to be as creative as possible when I'm speaking that kind of, you know what I mean,
03:50language.
03:51You know what I mean?
03:52I don't want to just be like, I'ma eat your pussy.
03:53That's not how I work.
03:55You know what I mean?
03:56I want to make sure that it's colorful and delightful.
03:58And I think we nailed that one.
04:30Bring bridges back.
04:36All right.
04:37I will say this.
04:38Don't tell a creator how to create, but bringing bridges back.
04:44Yeah.
04:45Make sure you advocate for bridges for sure.
04:48You know what I mean?
04:49Lost art.
04:50I think there is a space for a two-minute song, especially nowadays with how the listeners
04:53listen.
04:54There's also a space for musicians to give you a bridge too, and a lot of producers aren't
04:58giving you bridge music.
04:59How am I going to write a bridge to the same 4-4 loop?
05:02So let's get more creative producers.
05:05You know what I mean?
05:06Let's challenge each other.
05:07Let's have some fun too.
05:08Right.
05:09The bridge is a good way to show off you are that person.
05:11I heard the bridge for the first time a week and a half ago, because they sent me the final
05:15mix.
05:16I always want to hear my vocals at the final mix, and they sent me that I was like, stupid
05:20stank face.
05:21It's crazy.
05:22I can't wait to do it on stage, man.
05:24That's going to be a good time.
05:28I'm sorry, guys.
05:29Give me a second.
05:30I'm good.
05:31I'm good.
05:32All good.
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